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Journey to Hell Led Ethiopian Nobel Winner to Eritrea Peace Deal
- Abiy Ahmed says nations’ commitment to peace is iron-clad
- Ethiopia still grappling with political upheaval after reforms
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for forging an end to almost two decades of conflict with neighboring Eritrea, described how his personal exposure to the horrors it wrought drove him to seek a rapprochement.
“War is the epitome of hell for all involved,” Abiy, who served as a radio operator in the Ethiopian army and was the only survivor of an artillery attack on his unit during the war, said in his Nobel lecture in Oslo on Tuesday. “I know because I have been there and back.”